Biathlon World Championships 1959
1959 edition of the Biathlon World Championships
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The 2nd Biathlon World Championships were held in 1959 in Courmayeur, Italy.[1] The men's 20 km individual and team were the only competitions.
| Host city | Courmayeur |
|---|---|
| Country | Italy |
| Events | 2 |
Men's results
20 km individual
| Medal | Name | Nation | Penalties | Result | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Vladimir Melanin |  URS | 5 | 1:41:05 | |
 | Dmitri Sokolov | URS | 4 | 1:41:15 | 10 |
 | Sven Agge |  SWE | 3 | 1:43:23 | 2:18 |
Each shot missing the target gave a penalty of 2 minutes.
20 km team
The times of the top 3 athletes from each nation in the individual race were added together.
Medal table
| Place | Nation | |
|
|
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Sweden |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 |  Norway |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |